For several years my wife and I used climbing helmets (Petzl Elios, now superseded by the Boreo). These are also made with caving and canyoning in mind, not the super light foam style. We have since upgraded to proper whitewater helmets but for our purposes, noseying around rock gardens and caves, I...

For the last couple of years I’ve had my plb on my right shoulder strap but more at the back rather than on my front. My logic was that I could reach over with the left hand, activate it, and stick it back in the pouch with the antenna in the best orientation likely in the circumstances ie hunched o...

My wife uses neoprene pogies and really likes them whereas I don’t get on quite so well with my nylon ones, especially when I’m trying to get my hands back into them. However, I really like my neoprene open palm mitts: they are great as wrist warmers with the body of the mitts pulled back, then if i...

Hi, I’m looking for a new spray deck for a Necky Chatham 16 composite, just wondering if anyone might happen to know of any spray decks that are a good fit for the Chatham’s unusual cockpit which is 78cm x 36cm. Up to now I’ve been using a Lomo Rebel keyhole deck which gives a reasonable fit lengthw...

I had a flash and float radio but what I found was that if it got wet at anytime ie rain or waves then the flash activated and ran the battery down. I don't know about other models but with the Standard Horizon SX300 there is a custom settings menu available by holding down the Vol/Sql key at the s...

Hi, a long shot but just in case anyone might have found a red Olympus TG 820 waterproof camera in Arisaig/Back of Keppoch last weekend we'd love to hear from you! This is my wife's camera, unfortunately unmarked but should have pictures of a guy in a blue drysuit and orange Cetus MV (similar these ...